Check printing and scarifying machine



1. WHITAKER. CHECK PRINTING AND SCAHIFYING IVIACHIN'E.

V APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, ISIS. f l

1,577,040. menwl- May 3,1921..

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J. WHITKER.

CHECKVPRINTING AND SCARIFYING MACHINE.

APPL! CATION FILED MAR. 20, 1919.

Patented May 3, 1921.

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l. WHITAKER.

CHEC,K PRINTING AND SCA'RLFYING MACHINE. APPLicATloN FILED MAR, 20. 1'919.

1,377,040. A Patented May 3, 19211.A

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. citizen of the United States,

.TOI-IN WHITAKER, OF LANSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO SAFEGUARD CHECK-WRITER COMPANY, TION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

OF LANSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR/BORA4 CHECK PRINTING AND SCARIFYING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 20, 1919. Serial No. 283,704.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l', loiiN iYI-IrrAKER, a and a resident of Lansdale, county of Montomery, State of Pennsylvania. have invented certain Improvements in Check Printing and Scarifying Machines, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to improve the construction of check printing or writing machines so lthat the payees name on the check, draft, or other paper, will be scarified at substantially the same time as the amount of the check is being printed and while the paper is in the machine.

A further object ot' the invention is to provide an independent device for scarifying the check von the pavees line and to make the scarifying device adjustable, so that it can belocated in the proper position in respect to the amount line.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a transverse sectional view througha check printing device illustrating 'granted to me on ythe Sth day in v invention;

Fig. 2, is a plan view of the device with the cover plate removed;

Fig. 3, is a sectional plan view on the line 3-5-3. Fig. 1, of a portion of the machine and illustrating a check in position to be printed and scaried;

Fig. 4, is a detached perspective view of the scarifying device;

Fig. 5, is a transverse sectional view of another type of machine, illustrating the mechanism for scarifying the payees name;

Fig. 6, is a transverse sectional view illustrating a modification in which the feed wheels are the scarifyingv devices for the line of the payees name;

Fig. 7, is a sectional plan view showing another modification of the invention as applied to a different type of machine from that illustrated in Fig.4 1;

Fig. S, is a transverse sectional view of the machine illustrated in Fig. 7;

Fig. E). is a detached perspective view of the sc-arifying device shown in Figs. 7 8; and

Fig. 10, is a view of a modification.

Figs. 1 and 2 represent one type of machine, such as that described in the'patent L of October, 1918, No. 1,280,921. In the present machine and the scarrfyilng device is independent of the type cylinder and can be adjusted to accommodate checks in which the line for the payeesiianie and the line for the amount vary.

lis the base ofthe machine. 2 is an overhanging frame forming, in the present instance, an integra-l part of the base. a removable cover plate to allow access to the interior of the frame. Mounted in hearings in the frame is a type cvlinder 4,

which is movable toward and from a'fixed platen 5. mounted on a pla-te G, shown by dotted lines, and adjustably secured' to thel 1 is a guard secured to/the overbase 1. hanging frameQ and S is a plate attached to the base 1. The guardand the plate are spaced sufficiently apart to allow for the free passage of the check a, Fig. 3.

9. is an operating handle for moving the ctvlinder 4 toward and from the platen, and 10 is a hand wheel on a shaft' 11 to which the cylinder 4 is secured; on turning the hand wheel the proper type can be brought into alinement with the platen. On the shaft 11 is a setting disk`12 onwhich are numerals corresponding with the type on lthe cylinder, land 13. is a fixed pointer, so

that when a certain character is in line with the pointer a like character on the cylinder is in the printing position.

The handle 9 is secured to oneA of the eccentrics 14 and its movement is limited by stops 15, and the twoA eccentrics are connected together bv a bar 16 shaped'to clear the cylinder and the independent searifying device and, in the present instance, carries a brush 17 which travels over the face of the type. l1S is an inking roll carried by a bracket 19. I l

20 is the main feed roll mounted on a shaft 21 having its bearings in the base, and on the shaft is a ratchet wheel 22 with whiclr engage a pawl 23 on a lever 24 connected by a rod Q5 to an arm 26 of a rock shaft 27, this shaft has an arm 28 connected to one of the eccentrics by a link 29, so that, when the eccentric is turned, the pawl lever will be depressedrand when .the type cylinder returns after .making an impression the pawl will engage the ratchet wheel anditurn the feed wheel to feed the check forward a given distance.- 30 is a` presser wheel mounted on an arrn31 of a rock shaft 32 Patented May 3, 1921- actuated by a lever 33 on the outside of the 1 scarifymg platen may be used, such as il1us-v trated in the patent granted to me on January 16th, 1917, No. 1,213,049.

In using a check writer, the'date and the payees name 'are usually written in longhand, or on a typewriter; the che-ck is then amount of the check is being printed. The f f sc'arilications may be made in the payees Vspace simultaneously with the printing of placed in the machine and the amount of the check is printed in the space designated. By .my invention, which I will now proceed to describe, the check at the space occupied by the payees name is scarified while thel check is in the machine and while the the amount or on the return movement of the typecylinder.

Referring in the first instance to Figs. A1 to 4, inclusive, `34 is a base plate of the scarifying device, supported in brackets 35, 35aon the base .1 of the machine. On the ba'se plate 34 is a scarifying jaw 36, and pivoted to the plate at 37 is an arm 38 carrying a jaw 39 which is located above the jaw 36,

and this arm is `loosely connected to the -shaftll by a link 40, Fig. 1, so that when the cylinder is moved toward its platen the upper jaw 39 will be moved toward the y I lower jaw 36 and will scarify the paper lo- 40` cated between the jaws.

I preferably make the scarifylng device adjustable so as to properly scarify checks on the line of the payees name where the distance betweenthe lines of the checks vary, and in this4 instance I usean adjusting 4screw 41 extending through the frame 2;

this screw extends into a threaded opening 42 in the base'- plate 34, so that on turning the screw the base 'plate carr ing the scarifying jaws will be moved. n order to adjust the lower jaw 36, I provide a set screw 43 wvhich extends through the bracket 35 and supports the j awend of the plate 34, so that, on turning the screw, the jaw 36 can be raised or lowered, insuring the kproper scarifying of the paper.

Projecting through. slots in the base plate 8v are two or more adjustable guides 44 for the check; by adjusting these guides the lines of the ment with the printing and scarifying devices.

In Fig. 5, I have illustrated a modification check can be brought into aline- 39n is adapted to fixed bearings and is actuated by a. lever 45 connected to the jaw by a link 46 and to an operating arm 47 by a link 48; the arm is connected to the frame by a link 49. In this case however, there is no adjustment of the scarifying jaws toward or from the printing platen.

In Fig. 6, I have illustrated a modification in which the feed rolls 20:L a'nd 30"L are so located as to bein line with the space of the checkoccupied by the payees name. v

The surfaces of these two rollers are so cut that they will intermesh and scarify the paper passing between them, so that' these rollers not only feed 'the paper to the machine but scarify it at the same time'the check is being printed with the amount. These rollers can be adjusted longitudinally on their shafts so as to move them toward.

or from the platen to agree with a given check, andthe shaft of the upper roller is pivoted so that. the roller can be raised by means similar tothat in Fig. 1, to allowk a check to be inserted vin the machine.

In Figs. 7, 8 and 9, I have shown another type of check printing machine to which my invention can be applied. In this instance, a longitudinal shaft 11a is mounted in the frame 2 and longitudinally movable on this shaft is the type cylinder' 411. Movable with this type cylinder, in the present instance, is the inking roller 18. The shaft 11a is connected by beveled gears to a handled operating shaft 50 and the feed mechanism is actuated by a cam 51 at the opposite end of said shaft. The platen wheel 53 is carried by a-frame 53n on a rock shaft 52',-

which is actuated 'by the cam 51, and on turning the shaft 50 the check is fed transversely through the machine.

lnxtending parallel with the shaft 11a is a shaft 54 geared to the shaft 118L by gearing 54a, and on this shaft isa scarifying wheel 39, which scarifies the paper on the line ofthe payees name. This wheel has a tongue adapted to a spline in. the shaft 54 and is carried by a bracket 55 adjustable longitudinally on the frame 2a. ent instance the frame is slotted and screws pass through the slots and into the bracket so as to hold the bracket in lposition after adjustment. Directly below the shaft 54 is a second shaft 56, which is carried by a frame 57 pivoted to lugs 58 on the base 1. A wheel 36b is carried by the shaft 56. The frame .57 overlaps the frame. 53EL and is pressed down by a Aspring 59. Vhen the platen wheel 53 is raised it lifts the wheel 36b into position. The surfaces of the two wheels 36b and 39h are so formed that ,they

will mesh and will scarify the paper passing between them, thus the check is not only printed ,but the paper at the space on which the payees name hasbeen previouslvwritten is also scariiied.

In the pres- 'scarifying roll will be sufficient power and friction to cause the paper to be drawn through the space between the two scarifying rolls, so as .to scarify the paper ofthe check as it is intermittently moved through the machine. The

feed roll 30c to allow the check to be inserted in the machine.

i It will be seen that, by any one of the above described constructions, a check or other paper having a space in which a name is to be written,`such'as a payees name, and a space for the amount indicating its value, can be printed on one line with the amount and scariied on that line, as well as scarified on another line, such as that occupied by'the payees name, while the check is passing through the machine.

4The Words scarify and scarifying, used inthe specificationy and claims, are intended to include disturbing or displacing the fibers of the paper in any manner, or puncturing or perforating the paper.

I claim z- 1. The combination in a machine for printing the amount indicating the value of a paper, of means for printing the amount; and independent means for scarifying anothe'r portion of the paper, such as the line of the payees name on a check; an operat ing lever; connections between said lever and the-printing and scarifying means, whereby said printing and scarifying canvbe effected by the movement of a single lever.

- 2. The combination lin a machine for printing'the amount indicating the value of a paper, of means for guiding the paper in 9c can be raised with the .with the jaw of the ay given pathl transversely through the machine; means for printing the .amount on one line; independent means for scarifying an-l other line, such as that of the payees name,

without altering the longitudinal position of the paper; and a single,l operating lever for actuating both the printing and scarifying l means.

3. IThe combination in a machine for printing the amount indicating the value of a paper, ofl means for simultaneously printing the amount and scarifying the paper 4under the printed matter; lndependent means for scarifying another line, such as that occupied by the payees name; and adjusting mechanism for the said independent scarifying means.

4:. The combination in a check Writer, of means for simultaneously printing the amount indicating the value of the paper and scarifying. the paper under the printed matter; independent means for scarifying a section of another line,"such as that occupied by the payees name; means for imparting movement to the independent scarifying means 'with the movement of the printing device; and mechanism for adjusting the independenty scarifyingmeans in respect to the line of printing.-

y5. The combination in a check writer, of av frame; a printing and scarifying cylinder and platen; means for operating the same; a sliding base plate carrying a scarfying jaw at one end; an arm pivoted to said plate and also carrying a scarifying jaw in line base plate; a .connection between the arm and the operating means of the printing cylinder; and a set lscrew on the frame engaging the base plate to adjust the plate in respect to the printing line.

In Witness whereof I affix my si nature.

JOHN WHITA ER. 

